[Intro]

I don't want to face the killer instinct

Face it in you or me

[Verse 1]

We carry a sensitive cargo

Below the waterline

Ticking like a time bomb with a primitive design

Behind the finer feelings this civilized veneer

The heart of a lonely hunter guards a dangerous frontier

[Pre-Chorus 1]

The balance can sometimes fail

Strong emotions can tip the scale

[Chorus]

Don't want to silence a desperate voice

For the sake of security

No one wants to make a terrible choice

On the price of being free

I don't want to face the killer instinct

Face it in you or me

So we keep it under lock and key

Lock and key

[Verse 2]

It's not a matter of mercy, it's not a matter of laws

Plenty of people will kill you for some fanatical cause

It's not a matter of conscience

A search for probable cause

It's just a matter of instinct, a matter of fatal flaws

[Pre-Chorus 2]

No reward for resistance

No assistance, no applause

[Chorus]

I don't want to face the killer instinct

Face it in you or me

So we keep it under lock and key

I don't want to face the killer instinct

Face it in you or me

So we keep it under lock and key

Lock and key

[Guitar Solo]

[Chorus]

Don't want to silence a desperate voice

For the sake of security

No one wants to make a terrible choice

On the price of being free

I don't want to face the killer instinct

Face it in you or me

So we keep it under lock and key

I don't want to face the killer instinct

Face it in you or me

So we keep it under lock and key

Lock and key

[Outro]

We don't want to be victims

On that we all agree

So we lock up the killer instinct

And throw away the key